Chugoku Red Regulions


Chugoku Electric Power Rugby Football Club – nicknamed the Red Regulions – are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the country's second tier Top Challenge League competition. The team is the rugby team of electric utilities provider Chugoku Electric Power, based in Hiroshima in the Chūgoku region.
The team was created in 1987 as the rugby union team for Chugoku Electric Power. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Chugoku Electric Power was allocated to the second tier :ja:トップキュウシュウ|Top Kyūshū League. They remained in that league until a further restructuring prior to the 2017–18 saw the team promoted to a newly established Top Challenge League. In July 2017, they also adopted the name Red Regulions for the team.

Season history

Chugoku Electric Power's record in the top two tiers since the formation of the Top Kyūshū League in 2003 was: